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isp

isp is the abbreviation of ichnospecies.

Meaning of ichnospecies

Noun

ichnospecies (plural ichnospecies)

  1. A level of taxonomical classification of trace fossils.
    • There is certainly little discussion of distinctive features that warrant the establishment of new ichnospecies. In short, the ichnospecies labels are something of a compromise. By this we mean that the use of familiar ichnogenera (Grallator, Eubrontes, and Batrachopus) acknowledges similarity...2000, Martin Lockley, Christian Meyer, Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe, Columbia University Press, page 112

Noun capitalized: ISP

ISP (plural ISPs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of InterStellar Polarization.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism, digital signal processing) Initialism of Image Signal Processor
  3. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Internet Service Provider (a company that provides Internet access for a fee).
    • Upon my glorious ISP homepage is a wonderful piece of wisdumb […]2008, Allan A. Zarbock, The Emperor is Naked, page 58
    • Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping. […] But left undiscussed is the core question of why Virgin is whoring itself out like this; the law doesn't require it, and passing on letters from...2008 June 16, Nate Anderson, “Cash, not idealism, behind ISP embrace of music biz”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 28 May 2022, retrieved 10 Feb 2009
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Interface Segregation Principle, one of the five SOLID principles of programming.
  5. (rocket engineering) Iₛₚ, the specific impulse of a rocket engine.

Proper noun capitalized: ISP

ISP

  1. (UK, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Independence for Scotland Party.

Symbol capitalized: Isp

Isp

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of specific impulse.

Forms of isp

pluralISPs

Questions about isp

What does isp mean?
Isp means iₛₚ, the specific impulse of a rocket engine.
What is isp the abbreviation of?
Isp is the abbreviation of ichnospecies.
What part of speech is isp?
Isp can be a noun, a proper noun or a symbol.
What is the plural of isp?
The plural of isp is ISPs.

Words near isp in the dictionary

  1. isozeaxanthins
  2. isozymatic
  3. isozyme
  4. isozymes
  5. isozymic
  6. isp
  7. ISPAD
  8. ispaghul
  9. ispaghula
  10. Ispahan
  11. Ispahani

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Adapted from Wiktionary: isp (page history and authors); ISP (page history and authors); Isp (page history and authors); ichnospecies (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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